It was the distribution of ________ that showed Harlow Shapley we were nowhere near the center of the Milky Way early in the 20th century.

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Harlow Shapley realized that globular clusters were distributed in a spherical halo-shaped region around the Milky Way and that we were not at the center of this halo. This led him to conclude that the Sun and Earth were located far from the center of the Milky Way.

It Was the Distribution of ________ That Showed Harlow Shapley